St. George Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment

U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management

St. George Field Office

Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment St. George Field Office

Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment

Prepared by the U. S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management St. George Field Office December 2016

Edwin L. Roberson Utah State Director Bureau of Land Management DEAR READER LETTER

United States Department of the Interior

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Utah State Office P.O. Box 45155 Salt Lake City, UT 84145-0155 http://www.blm.gov In reply to: 1610 (UTC03000) DOI-BLM-UT-C030-2015-1-EIS

Dear Reader:

I am pleased to announce that after several years of hard work and collaborative efforts, an Amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan (Approved RMP Amendment) is complete. This document amends the St. George Field Office RMP (1999) to comply with direction from the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (OPLMA) at sections 1977 and 1979. The attached Record of Decision (ROD) and Approved RMP Amendment have been prepared in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, OPLMA, and the National Environmental Policy Act.

The Approved RMP Amendment finalizes the management goals, objectives, and decisions that were presented in the Proposed RMP Amendment/Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS), released on September 2, 2016 and subject to a 30-day protest period that ended on October 3, 2016. Four protest letters were received from entities that had participated in the planning process and that had interests that might be adversely affected by approval of the RMP Amendment. The protests were reviewed by the BLM Director in Washington, D.C. After careful consideration of all points raised in these protests, the Director concluded that the BLM planning team and decision makers followed all applicable laws, regulations, policies, and pertinent resource considerations in developing the Proposed RMP Amendment/Final EIS. The protest review did not result in any changes being made in the Proposed RMP Amendment. My approval of this ROD serves as the final decision by the Department of the Interior for the decisions included in the attached Approved RMP Amendment.

The ROD/Approved RMP Amendment is available to the public online at http://bit.ly/2fhtN3P. Hard copies of the ROD and Approved RMP Amendment may be reviewed at:

Public Lands Information Center 345 East Riverside Drive St. George, Utah 84790-6714

Color Country District Office 176 East DL Sargent Drive Cedar City, Utah 84721-9337

Public Room BLM Utah State Office 440 West 200 South, Suite 500 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1345

St. George Field Office Introduction iii DEAR READER LETTER TABLE OF CONTENTS

We greatly appreciate all who contributed to the completion of this Approved RMP Amendment, including other Table of Contents Federal and State agencies, and representatives from the State of Utah, Washington County, Utah, and Mojave County, Arizona, the entities that were Cooperating Agencies on this planning effort. We also appreciate the involvement by individuals, groups, and organizations, as public input informed and improved the planning documents. We Record of Decision look forward to working with all of you as we implement the decisions in the Approved RMP Amendment. 1.0 Introduction...... 3 1.1 Purpose and Need...... 3 1.2 Designation of Areas of Critical Environmental Concern...... 3 Sincerely, 1.3 Management of Priority Biological Conservation Areas...... 4 1.4 Off-Highway Vehicle Area Designations...... 4 1.5 Description of the Planning Area...... 4 2.0 Overview of The Alternatives...... 6 2.1 Alternative A (No Action)...... 6 Edwin L. Roberson 2.2 Alternative B (Preferred Alternative)...... 6 Utah State Director 2.3 Alternative C (Environmentally Preferable)...... 6 Bureau of Land Management 2.4 Alternative D ...... 7 2.5 Proposed RMP Amendment...... 7 3.0 Results of Protest Review...... 7 4.0 The Decision...... 7 4.1 What the Decision/RMP Amendment Provides...... 7 4.2 What the Decision/RMP Amendment Does Not Provide...... 8 5.0 Supplemental Rules...... 8 6.0 Management Considerations in Selecting the Approved RMP Amendment...... 8 6.1 Designation of Areas of Critical Environmental Concern...... 8 6.2 Management of Priority Biological Conservation Areas...... 9 6.3 OHV Area Designations...... 9 7.0 Consistency and Consultation Review...... 10 7.1 Governor’s Consistency...... 10 7.2 Consultation under the National Historic Preservation Act...... 10 7.3 Consultations with American Indian Tribes...... 10 7.4 Section 7 Consultation under the Endangered Species Act...... 10 8.0 Public Involvement...... 10 9.0 Availability of the Plan...... 11 Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment 1.0 Introduction...... 15 2.0 Consideration of Other Plans...... 15 3.0 Management Decisions...... 15 3.1 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern ...... 15 3.2 Comprehensive Travel and Transportation Management...... 18 References Bibliography...... 23 Glossary & Abbreviations-Acronyms Glossary...... 27 Abbreviations-Acronyms...... 33 Appendices Appendix A...... 37 iv Introduction St. George Field Office St. George Field Office Introduction v TABLE OF CONTENTS

Appendix B...... 55 Appendix C...... 57 List of Tables Table 1 Surface Acre Administration in Washington County...... 4 List of Maps Map 1 St. George Field Office Planning Area...... 5 Map 2 Designated Areas of Critical Environmental Concern...... 16 Map 3 Off-Highway Vehicle Designations...... 20

vi Introduction St. George Field Office Record of Decision INTRODUCTION

Record of Decision 1.0 INTRODUCTION This Record of Decision (ROD) approves an amend- The BLM could also have amended the SGFO RMP to ment to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) St. achieve the biological conservation objectives directed by George Field Office Record of Decision and Resource OPLMA by identifying priority biological conservation Management Plan (hereinafter SGFO RMP, approved in areas and proposing management decisions for those ar- 1999, amended in 2001), as presented in the approved eas where biological resources were in need of protection, Resource Management Plan Amendment (Approved but did not meet one or more of the criteria required for RMP Amendment). This document provides background ACEC designation. Changes to existing goals, objectives, information on the planning process and a rationale and management decisions from the SGFO RMP for for the selection of the management goals, objectives, specific areas of public lands in Washington County can and decisions that are included in the Approved RMP only be made through a land use planning process. Amendment. Section 1977 (b) (1) of OPLMA directed the Secretary, 1.1 Purpose and Need through BLM, to “develop a comprehensive travel [and The purpose of this planning process has been to sat- transportation] management plan” (TMP) for public isfy specific direction in the Omnibus Public Land lands in Washington County. The preparation of a TMP Management Act of 2009 (OPLMA) (16 U.S.C 7202, Pub. required that the SGFO RMP be amended to modify cer- L.111-11). Title I, Subtitle O of OPLMA concerns public tain motorized off-highway vehicle (OHV) area designa- lands managed by the BLM in Washington County, Utah tions (open, limited or closed), to be in compliance with (Appendix A). Congress established the Beaver Dam the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 43 CFR 8340.0- Wash National Conservation Area (NCA) and the Red 5, (f), (g), and (h), respectively, 43 CFR 8342.1 (a-d), and Cliffs NCA in Washington County when, on March 30, related agency policies. 2009, President Barack Obama signed OPLMA into law. The three OPLMA-directed planning efforts were initi- Sections 1974 and 1975 of Title I, Subtitle O designated ated concurrently by the BLM in 2010, thereby facilitat- the two NCAs and directed the Secretary of the Interior ing the preparation of a single Environmental Impact (Secretary), through BLM, to develop comprehensive Statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental conse- plans for the long-term management of each NCA. quences of implementing the new land use plans for the This same legislation also directed the BLM to take two NCAs and an amendment to the SGFO RMP. actions and make land use allocations on public lands 1.2 Designation of Areas of Critical in Washington County that required the SGFO RMP Environmental Concern be amended. Section 1979 (a) (1) and (2) of OPLMA During this planning effort, BLM solicited input from directed the Secretary, through the BLM, to “identify other federal and state agencies, American Indian Tribes, areas located in the County where biological conserva- local governments, and the public in the identification tion is a priority; and undertake activities to conserve of public lands in Washington County where biological and restore plant and animal species and natural com- conservation is a priority and where new ACECs should munities within such areas.” Satisfying this legislative be designated to conserve and restore plant and animal direction from OPLMA could be accomplished through species and natural communities. The BLM then evalu- the administrative designation of new areas of critical ated all nominations for new ACECs against the follow- environmental concern (ACECs) on public lands, to di- ing criteria of relevance and importance (BLM Manual rect special management attention to biological resources 1613.1): and natural communities that meet specific criteria for both relevance and importance (BLM Manual 1613.1). Relevance: An area meets the “relevance” criteria if it The identification, evaluation, and designation of new contains one or more of the following: ACECs must be accomplished through a land use plan- ▶▶A fish and wildlife resource (including but not lim- ning process, as required by the Federal Land Policy and ited to habitat for endangered, sensitive, or threat- Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., Pub. L. ened species, or habitat essential for maintaining 94-579 at Section 202 (c) (3)). species diversity).

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4 ROD St. George Field Office St. George Field Office ROD 5 OVERVIEW OF THE ALTERNATIVES THE DECISION

2.0 OVERVIEW OF THE ALTERNATIVES 2.2 Alternative B (Preferred Alternative) designated as Open for cross-country motorized OHV ▶▶Western Watersheds Project Implementing regulations for the National Alternative B attempted to balance resource protec- travel, to comply with federal regulations and BLM’s ▶▶Wildlands Defense Travel and Transportation Management guidance. Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) require the formu- tion and human uses on public lands affected by the The BLM Director resolved all valid protests without Alternative C would designate 387,222 acres of public lation of a reasonable range of alternatives to address RMP Amendment. This alternative proposed to sat- making changes to the Proposed RMP/Final EIS. identified resource conflicts or concerns in the develop- isfy OPLMA’s mandate related to areas of public land lands as Limited to Designated Routes. 4.0 THE DECISION ment of land use plans. Each alternative must meet the where biological conservation is a priority through 2.4 Alternative D purpose and need for the plan, be viable and reasonable, two approaches: 1) the administrative designation of After considering public comments, best available This alternative in the Draft RMP Amendment would be responsive to issues identified in scoping, and consis- three new ACECs for three federally-listed native plant scientific and technical information, and the results of satisfy OPLMA’s biological conservation mandate tent with the established planning criteria. species Dwarf Bearclaw Poppy (Arctomecon humilis), consultation and coordination with other federal and through the retention of eight existing ACEC designa- Holmgren milkvetch (Astragalus holmgreniorum) and state agencies, tribal, state, and local governments, it Public comments received during the scoping pro- tions and the implementation of new management Gierisch Globemallow (Sphaeralcea gierrischii) and the is the BLM’s decision to approve the attached RMP cess, input from Cooperating Agencies, and issues and decisions for approximately 87,000 acres of public land, retention of eight existing ACEC designations; and 2) Amendment. The amendment was prepared under the concerns identified by BLM staff and management were identified as the Bull Valley Mountains Multi-Species the implementation of new management decisions for authorities of OPLMA; FLPMA; in accordance with 43 considered in the development of the alternatives and Management Area, to protect crucial habitat and migra- approximately 87,000 acre in the northwestern corner of CFR, Part 1600, that address the BLM land use plan- their management options. A number of state agen- tion corridors for mule deer, other wildlife species, and Washington County, labeled by BLM as the Bull Valley ning process; as well as all other applicable federal laws, cies, including the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources diverse predators in northwestern Washington County. regulations, and agency policies. An EIS was prepared (UDWR), provided data and input that assisted the Mountains Multi-Species Management Area, to protect Existing mountain biking area designations would be re- for this RMP, in compliance with the NEPA of 1969. development of alternatives. Other federal agencies, in- crucial habitat and migration corridors for mule deer, voked under this alternative and the acres designated as The Approved RMP Amendment satisfies the legislative cluding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and other wildlife species, and diverse predators. Open for cross-country motorized OHV travel would be direction in OPLMA, at Sections 1977 and 1979. the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) - Dixie National Forest Changes proposed for existing OHV area designations reduced, when compared to Alternative A (No Action), participated in the planning process. The State of Utah; would remove the mountain biking area designations The Approved RMP Amendment is identical to the to comply with federal regulations and BLM’s Travel and Washington County, Utah; and Mohave County, Arizona, and change the acres designated as Open, Limited, and Proposed RMP/Final EIS that was issued for review dur- Transportation Management guidance. as formal Cooperating Agencies to this planning process, Closed for cross-country motorized OHV travel, to ing the September 2, 2016 to October 3, 2016 protest pe- and the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, comply with federal regulations and BLM’s Travel and 2.5 Proposed RMP Amendment riod and all decisions in the Approved RMP Amendment were directly involved in the planning process. Transportation Management guidance. The acreage iden- The BLM’s land use planning process (described at are land use planning decisions that could be protested during that same period. Four alternatives were presented in the Draft RMP tified as Open to cross-country motorized vehicle travel 43 CFR 1600) provides the discretion to develop the Amendment and associated Draft EIS, released for public would be reduced from 80,668 acres under Alternative A Proposed RMP Amendment by combining components 4.1 What the Decision/RMP Amendment Provides (No Action) to 22,062 acres under this alternative. of the four alternatives that were presented in the Draft review on July 17, 2015. The four alternatives ana- Land use plan decisions include: RMP Amendment and associated Draft EIS. lyzed in the draft included: Alternative A (No Action), 2.3 Alternative C (Environmentally Preferable) ▶▶Goals Alternative B (BLM’s Preferred Alternative), Alternative The Proposed RMP Amendment includes most of the In the Draft RMP Amendment, Alternative C was ▶▶Objectives C (Environmentally Preferable), and Alternative D. goals, objectives, and management actions identified considered the environmentally preferable alternative, ▶▶Land Use Allocations Summaries of each alternative are presented below. These as it proposed the most intensive and protective man- as BLM’s Preferred Alternative, Alternative B, in the ▶▶Management Actions alternatives contained goals, objectives, and management agement of the resource values. Under this alternative, Draft RMP Amendment. However, in response to public decisions to address the two planning issues that were 14 new ACECs would be designated to provide special comments and input from the Cooperating Agencies, Goals are the broad statements of desired outcomes, driven by legislative direction from OPLMA. management attention to threatened, endangered or other federal and state agencies, and local governmental and are usually not quantifiable. Objectives are specific 2.1 Alternative A (No Action) BLM Sensitive Species and eight existing ACEC designa- entities, the Proposed RMP Amendment did not include desired conditions, usually quantifiable and measurable, new goals, objectives, or management actions related and may have timeframes for achievement. Land use al- Alternative A (No Action) is required by NEPA and tions would be carried forward as valid management. to public lands within the Bull Valley Mountains Multi- locations specify locations within the planning area that served as a baseline against which to compare the envi- Management prescriptions proposed for the new ACECs species Management Area, as these were determined not are available or not for certain uses. These include deci- ronmental consequences that could be associated with would help to ensure the protection of the relevance and to be needed at this time. sions such as and what lands are open, closed, or limited implementation of other alternatives. Under this alterna- importance values of the ACECs, through higher levels to motorized travel (please note that all acreages pre- tive, management decisions from 1999 St. George Field of restrictions on public land allocations and uses. 3.0 RESULTS OF PROTEST REVIEW sented in the Approved Plan Amendment are estimations Office RMP Plan that address ACECs and OHV area Like Alternative B, this alternative proposed new man- The BLM received a total of four protest letters during even when presented to the nearest acre). Management designations would remain unchanged. No new ACECs agement decisions for approximately 87,000 acres of the 30 day protest period provided for the Proposed actions include those provisions that help in meeting the would be administratively designated. The No Action public land in the Bull Valley Multi-Species Management Amendment to the SGFO RMP/Final EIS, in accor- established goals and objectives and include measures Alternative for the amendment would not have provided Area, to protect crucial habitat and migration corri- dance with 43 CFR Part 1610.5.2. Of that total, all were that will be applied to guide day-to-day activities on the needed management changes to be in compliance dors for mule deer, other big game, and their associated determine to have standing and valid protest issues. The public lands, including but not limited to stipulations, with the direction in OPLMA sections 1977 or 1979. predators in northwestern Washington County. protesting parties were as follows: guidelines, best management practices (BMPs), and This alternative would revoke existing mountain bik- ▶▶Bryan Thiriot design features. ing area designation and reduce the number of acres ▶▶The Wilderness Society

6 ROD St. George Field Office St. George Field Office ROD 7 MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS IN SELECTING THE APPROVED RMP SUPPLEMENTAL RULES AMENDMENT

The management decisions in the Approved RMP of newly-proposed rules before they go into effect. The 6.2 Management of Priority Biological 6.3 OHV Area Designations Amendment are to: first step of the process is the publication of a proposed Conservation Areas Prior to the development of the TMP, the SGFO RMP ▶▶Designated the following new ACECs: set of rules in the Federal Register, public notification In the Draft RMP Amendment and Draft EIS, the BLM needed to be amended to modify certain existing motor- • South Hills ACEC – 1,950 acres through media releases, and a 60 day public review and considered and analyzed a range of alternatives that ized OHV area designations (Open, Limited, or Closed), comment period. Following the public review and com- • State Line ACEC – 1,410 acres proposed new management decisions for approximately to be in compliance with 43 CFR 8340.0-5, (f), (g), and ment period, a Notice of Final Supplementary Rules is • Webb Hill ACEC – 520 acres 87,000 acres of public lands, identified as the Bull Valley (h), respectively, 43 CFR 8342.1 (a-d), and related agency published in the Federal Register that establishes the final Mountains Multi-Species Management Area (refer to policies. Area designations provide the framework ▶▶Designate areas as Open, Limited, or Closed to supplementary rules and identifies the date when these Table 2-71 of the Draft EIS). The biological values of this within which individual route designations are made, as motorized off-highway vehicle use: rules go into effect. area, which include big game and diverse predators, did BLM prepares the TMP for public lands in Washington • Open to Cross Country OHV use – 21,442 6.0 MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS not meet the relevance and importance criteria for ACEC County, as directed by OPLMA. acres IN SELECTING THE APPROVED RMP designation. However, the area was identified as a prior- The Approved RMP Amendment modifies the OHV • Limited to Designated Routes – 386,563 acres AMENDMENT ity biological conservation area, pursuant to OPLMA at area designation for approximately 60,000 acres of public • Closed to OHV use – 112,427 acres Section 1979 and changes to management goals, objec- The BLM is ultimately responsible for preparing an land in the Bull Valley Mountains from “Open” to cross- tives and actions were evaluated across three alternatives This ROD serves as BLM's final decision, establishing the amendment to an RMP that is consistent with its legal country travel to Limited to Designated Routes. Under to conserve these values. land use plan decisions outlined in the Approved RMP mandates, that reflects its collective professional judg- the Approved RMP Amendment, the roads and trails in Amendment, and is effective on the date that it is signed ment, and incorporates the best from competing view- An analysis of current management direction under the area would continue to be available for OHV use, but by the Utah-BLM State Director. These land use plan de- points and ideas. The Approved RMP Amendment allows the SGFO RMP (refer to Table 2-71 of the Draft RMPs/ cross-country travel would not be allowed. cisions are not subject to other administrative remedies. the BLM to meet the mandates of OPLMA at Sections Draft EIS under Alternative A) concluded that adequate This change is needed because public lands here do not 4.2 What the Decision/RMP Amendment Does 1977 and 1979. The following are the management deci- protections, through land use allocations and restric- comply with BLM standards identified for OHV Open Not Provide sions that address the planning issues included in the tions, are currently in place to protect these species, their areas, as these areas are intended for intensive cross- crucial habitats, and important migration corridors. ▶▶The RMP decisions only apply to BLM- Approved RMP Amendment. country OHV use, in which any type of motorized These allocations and restrictions include: administered public lands in the St. George Field 6.1 Designation of Areas of Critical vehicle is permitted to travel cross-country anywhere in Office. Environmental Concern ▶▶site-specific restrictions for mineral material sales the area, at all times. Because unregulated cross-country on 19,457 acres of crucial mule deer winter habitat use is allowed, open areas are limited to a size that can be ▶▶The RMP does not affect valid existing rights. The Approved RMP Amendment designates three new (Draft RMP, p. 315); effectively managed and geographically identified to offer In addition, many decisions are not appropriate at this ACECs, to comply with OPLMA’s direction at Section ▶▶special stipulations applied to fluid mineral leasing a quality OHV experience for recreationalists. level of planning and are not included in the ROD. 1979 (a) (1) and (2) that directed the Secretary, through within 24,375 acres (Draft RMP, p. 315). Examples of these types of decisions include: the BLM, to “identify areas located in the County where The current designation as an Open area also does not Under the Approved RMP Amendment, a change in comply with BLM policy, articulated in BLM Handbook ▶▶Statutory requirements. The decision will not change biological conservation is a priority; and undertake OHV designation from “Open” to cross-country travel H-8342, Travel and Transportation Management. This the BLM's responsibility to comply with applicable activities to conserve and restore plant and animal spe- to “Limited to Designated Routes” will provide enhanced policy states that “[e]xpansive open areas allowing cross- laws, rules, and regulations. cies and natural communities within such areas.” The protection to big game and associated predator spe- country travel, without a corresponding and identified ▶▶National policy. The decision will not change BLM's designation of these three ACECs is necessary to further cies on public lands within the identified Bull Valley user need or demand, will not be designated in RMP obligation to conform to current or future National the protection, recovery, and delisting of three threatened Mountains Multi-Species Management Area (see the revisions or new travel management plans.” This policy policy. or endangered native plants, the dwarf bearclaw poppy, Holmgren’s milkvetch, and Gierisch globemallow, as the Comprehensive Travel and Transportation Management establishes two criteria for open areas: 1) The terrain ▶▶Funding levels and budget allocations. These are SGFO RMP does not provide sufficient management pro- section below). must be conducive to cross-country travel; and 2) There determined annually by Congress and are outside of tections to achieve these goals. Following a review of the public comments on the must be a user demand. the control of the BLM. An analysis of current management direction from the Draft RMP and Draft EIS, further coordination with The current Open area in the Bull Valley Mountains 5.0 SUPPLEMENTAL RULES SGFO RMP (see Draft EIS, pages 870-880) concluded the Cooperating Agencies, and additional review of the meets neither of these criteria. This modification is In some instances, decisions from the Approved RMP that this direction provides a high level of protection potential threats to the biological values of this area, needed, as the public lands in this area are mountain- Amendment could restrict or prohibit an activity on pub- for the relevance and importance values of the other 11 the BLM concluded that no new goals, objectives, or ous terrain, comprised of rocky, heavily-forested, and lic lands. Often the restriction or prohibition is already potential ACECs that were analyzed under Alternative management actions were needed to adequately protect steep-sided slopes that are not safe for or conducive to standard on public land and there is no requirement C of the Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS. Designation habitats and migration corridors for mule deer, other cross-country motorized vehicle travel. In 2015, traffic for supplementary rule-making to enforce the deci- of these potential ACECs is not warranted at this time, big game, and predators, on the public lands in the area counts in the area totaled less than 4,000 annual visits, sion from the Approved RMP Amendment. However, as relevance and importance criteria will continue to be identified as the Bull Valley Mountains Multi-Species a very low visit number, particularly when compared to to make some decisions enforceable, a public process is adequately protected by the management goals, objec- Management Area. In the Proposed Amendment and the Sand Mountain Open OHV Area, which had 120,000 required, as outlined in 43 CFR 8365.1-6. This process tives, and decisions that in are effect today, and that will Final EIS and Approved RMP Amendment, this area was visits in 2015. requires that specific steps be taken to ensure that inter- remain in effect until that RMP undergoes a full revision not identified as a priority biological conservation area. est groups and public land users are adequately informed in the future.

8 ROD St. George Field Office St. George Field Office ROD 9 CONSISTENCY AND CONSULTATION REVIEW AVAILABILITY OF THE PLAN

7.0 CONSISTENCY AND CONSULTATION specific details on these consultations. No federally- 2010. Public scoping meetings were held in four locations with 269 participants. A total of 724 written public scoping REVIEW recognized American Indian Tribes submitted formal comments were received during the scoping period. Consistency of the Approved RMP Amendment with comments on the Draft RMP Amendment and Draft Opportunities for public input in the planning process were provided in February 2011, when an Economic Strategies the adopted or approved plans of other Federal, State, EIS and no protests were filed by Tribes on the Proposed Workshop was hosted by the BLM in St. George, Utah (facilitated by a USDA TEAMS Enterprise Unit) to identify Tribal and local government entities was considered as RMP Amendment and Final EIS. management opportunities involving public lands that would further the social and economic goals of area commu- a factor in selection of the Approved RMP Amendment. 7.4 Section 7 Consultation under the Endangered nities. Members of the public and representatives of local municipalities and county government attended the work- The Approved RMP Amendment is consistent with plans Species Act shop. Participants explored the role of public lands in the socioeconomic sector of local communities and helped to and policies of state and local governments to the extent Consultation under Section 7(a) of the ESA was con- identify those activities and uses on public lands that should be considered during the planning process. that the guidance and local plans are also consistent with ducted with the USFWS during the development of the On July 17, 2015, the BLM and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) each published a Notice of Availability the purposes, policies, and programs of federal law and RMP Amendment. A Biological Assessment (BA) was (NOA) in the Federal Register, announcing the availability of the Draft RMP Amendment and Draft EIS for a 90-day regulation applicable to public lands, including OPLMA. prepared to evaluate the potential impacts on popula- public review and comment period. The Utah BLM Acting State Director extended the comment period for an addi- Chapter 3 of the Proposed RMP Amendment/Final EIS tions and habitats of threatened and endangered species, tional 30 days, based on written requests from Washington County, the State of Utah, and members of the public. The provides a full discussion of consistency with all involved as well as for species proposed for listing and popula- review and comment period closed on November 16, 2015, during which time the BLM held three public workshops entities. tions managed as 10 (j) non-essential experimental (in St. George, Hurricane, and Salt Lake City, Utah during September, 2016). An estimated 176 members of the public 7.1 Governor’s Consistency populations that could result from implementing the attended the three workshops. The 60-day Governor's Consistency Review of the management goals, objectives, and decisions identified The BLM received four protest letters during the 30 day protest period provided for the Proposed RMP Amendment Proposed RMP Amendment and Final EIS was initiated in the Proposed RMP Amendment and Final EIS. The in September of 2016, in accordance with 43 CFR Part 1610.5.2. All of the protests were determine to have standing on August 26, 2016 and concluded on October 25, 2016, BA was submitted to the USFWS on September 13, 2016. and valid protest issues. The BLM Director resolved all protests without making changes to the Proposed RMP/Final in accordance with planning regulations at 43 CFR Part The USFWS prepared a Biological Opinion (BO) that EIS. was provided to the BLM on December 12, 2016 and is 1610.3- 2(e). In a letter dated October 25, 2016, Utah During implementation of the Approved RMP Amendment, the BLM will continue to actively seek the views of included in Appendix C. In the BO, the USFWS deter- Governor Gary Herbert identified three management the public, using techniques such as news releases and web-site information to ask for participation and inform the mined that implementation of the management decisions decision included in the Proposed RMPs/Proposed Plan public of new and ongoing project proposals, site-specific planning, and opportunities and timeframes for comment. described in the Proposed RMP Amendment, with the Amendment/Final EIS that the State of Utah asserted are The BLM will also continue to provide opportunities for involvement with the other federal and state agencies, Tribal recommended conservation measures provided by the inconsistent with state or local plans, policies, and pro- governments, and local government entities and elected officials on the management of public lands. grams. None of the issues raised by the Governor apply USFWS in the BO, would not jeopardize the continued to the SGFO RMP Amendment. existence of any federally-listed species or result in the 9.0 AVAILABILITY OF THE PLAN adverse modification of critical habitats. The ROD/Approved RMP Amendment is available to the public online athttp://bit.ly/2fhtN3P . Hard copies of the 7.2 Consultation under the National Historic ROD and Approved RMP Amendment may be reviewed at: Preservation Act 8.0 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT The BLM has conducted Section 106 consultation with One of BLM’s primary objectives during development Public Lands Information Center the Utah State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) of the RMP Amendment to the St. George RMP was to 345 East Riverside Drive related to this planning process, pursuant to the re- seek input from the public, by providing opportunities quirements of the National Historic Preservation Act for participation in the resource management plan- St. George, Utah 84790-6714 and its’ implementing federal regulations. In written ning process. These efforts are described included in the correspondence dated September 20, 2016, the Deputy Scoping Report, the Draft RMP Amendment/EIS, and Color Country District Office SHPO concurred with BLM’s finding that approval of an the Proposed RMP Amendment/Final EIS in Chapter 3, 176 East DL Sargent Drive RMP Amendment that included the goals, objectives, Consultation and Coordination. Below is a summary of Cedar City, Utah 84721-9337 and management decisions contained in the Proposed these public involvement efforts. RMP Amendment and Final EIS would not result in The planning process formally began with the publica- Public Room adverse effects to National Register of Historic Places- tion of the Notice of Intent (NOI) to initiate a land use BLM Utah State Office listed or eligible sites (also known as historic properties); planning process in the Federal Register on May 10, 2010. 440 West 200 South, Suite 500 (Appendix B). This NOI described the BLM’s intention to prepare new Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1345 7.3 Consultations with American Indian Tribes resource management plans for the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area and the Red Cliffs National Consultations with federally-recognized American Conservation Area and to amend the approved SGFO Indian Tribes that claim cultural affiliation with the RMP (1999) to address specific direction in OPLMA. A public lands of the St. George Field Office have been formal public scoping period was initiated with the pub- ongoing since 2010 related to the development of a RMP lication of the NOI in May of 2010 and ended on July 19, Amendment. The reader is referred to Chapter 3 of the Proposed RMP Amendment and Final EIS for more

10 ROD St. George Field Office St. George Field Office ROD 11 ROD SIGNATURE PAGE

In consideration of the foregoing, I approve the Record of Decision for the amendment to the 1999 St. George Field Office Record of Decision and Resource Management Plan.

December 21, 2016

Edwin L. Roberson Utah State Director Approved RMP Amendment

12 ROD St. George Field Office INTRODUCTION

Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment

1.0 INTRODUCTION biological conservation and restoration mandates from The Approved RMP Amendment amends the SGFO OPLMA (Section 1979). RMP to address the administrative designation of new Re-evaluate existing ACECs when developing new or ACECs and modifications to OHV area designations, as revised RMPs to determine if special management atten- presented in the Proposed RMP Amendment and ana- tion through this administrative designation continues to lyzed in the Final EIS (BLM 2016). be required. 2.0 CONSIDERATION OF OTHER PLANS Management Actions - General At Section 202 (b) (9), FLPMA directs the BLM to in- ACE-1: Designate the following new ACECs: volve state, tribal, and local government officials in the a) South Hills ACEC (1,950 acres); land use planning process and consider the provisions b) State Line ACEC (1,410 acres); of approved or adopted state, tribal, and local plans that c) Webb Hill ACEC (520 acres). are relevant to BLM planning areas. The Cooperating (Map 2) Agencies (Washington County, Mohave County [AZ] and the State of Utah) were provided opportunities to ACE-2: Continue to manage the following as ACECs: provide input throughout the planning process. The a) Red Bluff ACEC (6,166 acres); BLM attempts to resolve inconsistencies between federal b) Warner Ridge/Fort Pearce ACEC (4,286 acres); and non-federal government plans, in the development c) Santa Clara/Gunlock ACEC (2,002 acres); of land use decisions for public lands, to the extent that d) Santa Clara River/Land Hill ACEC (1,664 acres); those plans are consistent with the purposes, policies, e) Lower Virgin River ACEC (1,806 acres); and programs of federal laws and regulations applicable f) Little Creek Mountain ACEC (19,331 acres); to public lands and the purposes of FLPMA. As part of g) Canaan Mountain ACEC (33,955 acres); this planning effort, the following approved plans were h) Upper Beaver Dam Wash ACEC (33,108 acres). reviewed for consistency: Washington County Resource (Map 2) Management Plan (2009); Washington County General Management Plan (2010, amended 2012). Management Prescriptions Applicable to All Newly- Designated ACECs 3.0 MANAGEMENT DECISIONS Lands and Realty Management This section of the Approved RMP Amendment pres- ents the goals and objectives, land use allocations, and ACE-3: Public lands in ACECs will be retained in federal management actions established for the amendment to ownership. the SGFO RMP. The management decisions are given a ACE-4: Non-federal lands within or adjacent to an ACEC three letter prefix and number; acreages included under may be acquired for the purposes of conservation of decisions were developed using GIS data and should be relevance and importance values, through purchase, ex- considered estimations that will be refined as manage- change, or donation. Acquired lands will be incorporated ment decisions are implemented. into the ACEC and managed in accordance with the 3.1 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern prescriptions applied to the remainder of the ACEC. Goal ACE-5: All ACECs are subject to valid and existing rights. Unless otherwise restricted by law, allow re- Biological conservation and restoration mandates from newal and transfer of existing land use authorizations OPLMA (Section 1979) for priority biological areas are within ACECs, if otherwise designated as Avoidance or satisfied through the administrative designation of new Exclusion areas. ACECs. ACE-6: Land use authorizations that could result in the Objectives irreparable damage of relevant and important values Identify and evaluate areas where the relevance and within ACECs will not be authorized. Ground disturbing importance criteria, as stated at 43 CFR 1610.7.2, are met military maneuvers and landfills will not be authorized for the administrative designation of ACECs to satisfy in ACECs.

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ACE-27: Collection of native seeds, cuttings, biological with resource management objectives. Seed collection including motorized, mechanized, and non-motorized/ vehicles to pull off of a route up to 100 feet to either soil crust communities and species for scientific research, will follow the Seeds of Success Protocol, in partnership non-mechanized travel. side of the route centerline for the purpose of park- conservation, and for use in future restoration projects with the Great Basin and Mojave Desert Native Plant Provide opportunities for sustainable motorized, mecha- ing or camping, except in areas designated as closed to would be authorized, as long as this activity is compatible Programs. Collection of cuttings and biological soil crust nized, and non-motorized/non-mechanized recreation camping. with resource management objectives. Seed collection communities will follow the best available protocols. on public lands. CTT-7: Within designated ACECs (outside of designated will follow the Seeds of Success Protocol, in partnership Noxious Weed and Invasive Species Management The BLM shall comply with OPLMA Sec. 1977 (b)(2) wilderness areas), unless otherwise posted, OHV area with the Great Basin and Mojave Desert Native Plant ACE-38: Approved herbicides to control exotic invasive which states the following: (2) SCOPE; CONTENTS.—In designation is Limited to Designated Routes with use of Programs. Collection of cuttings and biological soil crust annuals or noxious weeds could be authorized for use on developing the travel management plan, the Secretary the shoulder and immediate roadside to allow for vehicle communities will follow the best available protocols. a case-by-case basis in the ACEC. Consultations would shall— (A) in consultation with appropriate Federal passage, emergency stopping, or parking. Noxious Weeds and Invasive Species Management be conducted with the USFWS to identify appropriate agencies, State, tribal, and local governmental entities CTT-8: Use of non-motorized, wheeled game carriers to ACE-28: Herbicides to control exotic invasive annuals or herbicide, application methods, as well as other project (including the County and St. George City, Utah), and retrieve game kills or collect antlers would be allowed in noxious weeds could be approved for use on a case-by- protocols and monitoring requirements. the public, identify 1 or more alternatives for a northern all areas except designated wilderness. Use of motorized case basis in the ACEC. Consultations would be con- Minerals Management-Fluid Minerals Leasing transportation route in the County; (B) ensure that the vehicles for game retrieval or antler collection would be ducted with USFWS to identify appropriate herbicide, travel management plan contains a map that depicts the prohibited. ACE-39: Closed to fluid mineral leasing. application methods, as well as other project protocols trail; and (C) designate a system of areas, roads, and trails CTT-9: Remove existing mountain bike area Minerals Management-Saleable Minerals and monitoring requirements. for mechanical and motorized use. designations. ACE-40: Closed to mineral materials disposal. Minerals Management-Fluid Minerals Leasing Management Actions - General Management Actions - Public Education and ACE-29: Open to fluid mineral leasing with No Surface Recreation Management CTT-1: The BLM would coordinate transportation man- Interpretation Occupancy Stipulation. ACE-41: Closed to dispersed camping. agement with adjacent federal agencies, American Indian CTT-10: Provide educational materials through various Recreation Management ACE-42: Do not grant SRPs for commercial, organized Tribes, state and local governments, and authorized media and venues (e.g., trailhead kiosks, websites) that users. ACE-30: Closed to dispersed camping. group, and competitive events. inform visitors about appropriate public lands etiquette, including OHV etiquette. ACE-31: SRPs may be issued for commercial, organized ACE-43: Non-motorized recreation use will continue to OHV Area Designations group, and competitive events, subject to site specific be limited to designated trails. CTT-2: Individual route designations are implementation CTT-11: Provide educational materials through vari- analysis under NEPA and Section 7 consultations. Comprehensive Travel and Transportation Man- level decisions that will be addressed in the TMP and ous media and venues (e.g., trailhead kiosks, websites) tiered to the OHV Area Designations in this plan. that encourage motorized users to use existing disturbed Comprehensive Travel and Transportation Man- agement areas for parking and camping. agement ACE-44: OHV area designation Limited to Designated CTT-3: Open to Cross-Country OHV use: 21,442 acres ACE-32: OHV area designation is Limited to Designated Routes. Limited to Designated Routes: 386,563 acres Routes. Visual Resource Management Closed to OHV use: 112,427 acres Visual Resource Management ACE-45: Manage as VRM Class II. (Map 3) ACE-33: Manage as VRM II. 3.2 Comprehensive Travel and Transportation A map of the existing transportation system can be found 3.1.3 Webb Hill Proposed ACEC: Endangered Species: Management at the BLM ePlanning website http://bit.ly/2av3Q1i. Dwarf Bearclaw Poppy Goal CTT-4: Upon completion of the TMP, all acres under Management Prescriptions Compatible traditional, current, and future use of the Limited to Existing Routes category will shift to the Lands and Realty Management land is sustained by establishing a transportation system Limited to Designated Routes category. ACE-34: Retain 100% of public lands in federal that contributes to protection of sensitive resources, pro- CTT-5: All cross-country (off-transportation system) ownership. motes dispersed recreation, and minimizes user conflicts. motorized or mechanized travel would be prohibited, with the following exceptions: ACE-35: Manage as Exclusion area for linear, site-type, Objectives and material site ROWs. Sustain or expand, where needed, a variety of existing a) Designated Open OHV Areas; b) Minimum necessary for administration of the Native Vegetation Management motorized, mechanized, and non-motorized trail and travel opportunities to meet public and administrative area; ACE-36: Closed to native seed, plants, and plant materi- needs. c) For emergency purposes; als harvesting for commercial purposes and personal use. d) Minimum necessary for the exercise of a valid Public access, resource management, and regulatory ACE-37: Collection of native seeds, cuttings, biological existing right or authorized use. needs are considered through transportation plan- soil crust communities and species for scientific research, ning, incorporating consideration of access needs and CTT-6: In areas designated as Limited to Existing Routes conservation, and for use in future restoration projects the effects of and interaction among all forms of travel, or Limited to Designated Routes, allow motorized would be authorized, as long as this activity is compatible

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References BIBLIOGRAPHY Bureau of Land Management St. George Field Office. 1999.t. S George Field Office Record of Decision and Resource Management Plan. St. George, UT: Author. Bureau of Land Management St. George Field Office. 2016. Proposed Resource Management Plans Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area Red Cliffs National Conservation Area Proposed Amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement. St. George, UT: Author

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Glossary & Abbreviations-Acronyms A - D

Glossary & Abbreviations-Acronyms GLOSSARY A Acquisition: Acquisition of lands can be pursued to facilitate various resource management objectives. Acquisitions, including easements, can be completed through exchange, Land and Water Conservation Fund purchases, or donations. Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC): Special Area designation established through the BLM’s land use planning process (43 CFR 1610.7-2) where special management attention is required (when such areas are developed or used or where no development is required) to protect and prevent irreparable damage to important historic, cultural, or scenic values, fish and wildlife resources, or other natural systems or processes, or to protect life and safety from natural hazards. The level of allowable use within an ACEC is established through the collaborative planning process. Designation of an ACEC allows for resource use limitations in order to protect identified resources or values. B Big game: Indigenous ungulate wildlife species that are hunted, such as elk, deer, bison, bighorn sheep, and prong- horn antelope. Biological soil crust (BSC): A complex association between soil particles and cyanobacteria, algae, microfungi, lichens, and bryophytes that live within or atop the uppermost millimeters of soil. Also referred to as cryptobiotic soil and cryptogamic soil. C Closed: Generally denotes that an area is not available for a particular use or uses; refer to specific definitions found in law, regulations, or policy guidance for application to individual programs. For example, 43 CFR 8340.0-5 sets forth the specific meaning of “closed” as it relates to off-highway vehicle use, and 43 CFR 8364 defines “closed” as it relates to closure and restriction orders (BLM 2005). Comprehensive travel and transportation management: The proactive interdisciplinary planning, on-the-ground management, and administration of travel networks (both motorized and non-motorized) to ensure public access, natural resources, and regulatory needs are considered. It consists of inventory, planning, designation, implementation, education, enforcement, monitoring, easement acquisition, mapping and signing, and other measures necessary to provide access to public lands for a wide variety of uses (including uses for recreational, traditional, casual, agricul- tural, commercial, educational, and other purposes). Corridor: A strip of land that aids in the movement of species between disconnected core areas of their natural habitat. Critical habitat: An area occupied by a threatened or endangered species on which are found physical and biological features that are (1) essential to the conservation of the species, and (2) may require special management considerations or protection. Crucial winter range: That part of the overall big game range where 90 percent of the individuals are located during the average five winters out of 10 from the first heavy snowfall to spring green-up, or during a site-specific period of winter as defined for each Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Data Analysis Unit. D Designated routes: Specific roads and trails identified by the BLM where some type of use is appropriate and allowed. Dispersed camping: Camping anywhere outside of a developed campground. Dispersed camp sites do not have ame- nities such as toilets, picnic tables, or fire grates. Dispersed camp sites may be designated by the BLM. Disposal: Transfer of public land out of Federal ownership to another party through sale, exchange, Recreation and Public Purposes Act, Desert Land Entry or other land law statutes.

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E M Endangered species: Any species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range Management decision: A decision made by the BLM to manage public lands. Management decisions include both and so designated by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the 1973 Endangered Species Act. land use plan decisions and implementation decisions. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): A detailed statement prepared by the responsible official in which a major Mechanical transport: Any vehicle, device, or contrivance for moving people or material in or over land, water, snow, Federal action that significantly affects the quality of the human environment is described, alternatives to the pro- or air that has moving parts. posed action provided, and effects analyzed. Monitoring (plan monitoring): The process of tracking the implementation of land use plan decisions and collecting Exchange: A transaction whereby the Federal Government receives land or interests in land in exchange for other and assessing data necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of land use planning decisions. land or interests in land. Motorized vehicles or uses: Any vehicle that is self-propelled, including but not limited to jeeps, all-terrain vehicles F (such as four-wheelers and three-wheelers), snow machines or snowmobiles, and trail motorcycles or dirt bikes. Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA): Public Law 94-579, October 21, 1976, often referred to N as the BLM’s “Organic Act,” which provides the majority of the BLM’s legislated authority, direction policy and basic National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969: A law that established a national policy to maintain conditions management guidance. under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony and fulfill the social, economic, and other require- Firearm: A weapon, especially a portable gun or pistol, from which a projectile can be discharged by an explosion ments of present and future generations of Americans. It established the Council on Environmental Quality for coor- caused by igniting gunpowder. dinating environmental matters at the Federal level and to serve as the advisor to the President on such matters. The G law made all Federal actions and proposals that could have significant impact on the environment subject to review by Federal, state, and local environmental authorities. Goal: A broad statement of a desired outcome; usually not quantifiable and may not have established time frames for achievement. For the NCAs, goals are generally derived from the Omnibus Act of 2009 and BLM policy guidance. Native vegetation: Plant species that were found here prior to European settlement, and consequently are in balance with these ecosystems because they have well developed parasites, predators, and pollinators. Grazing permit/license/lease: Official written permission to graze a specific number, kind, and class of livestock for a specified time period on a defined rangeland. Natural regeneration: The growth of trees (or other plants) from seeds, roots or bulbs without cultivation by humans. H Noxious weeds: A plant species designated by Federal or State law as generally possessing one or more of the fol- Habitat : An environment that meets a specific set of physical, biological, temporal or spatial characteristics that sat- lowing characteristics: aggressive and difficult to manage; parasitic; a carrier or host of serious insects or disease; or isfy the requirements of a plant or animal species or group of species for part or all of their life cycle. non-native, new, or not common to the US. I O Implementation decisions : Decisions that take action to implement land use planning; generally appealable to Objective: A description of a desired condition for a resource. Objectives can be quantified and measured and, where Interior Board of Land Appeals under 43 CFR 4.410. These decisions are generally more site-specific than land-use possible, have established time frames for achievement. plan decisions. Off-highway vehicle (OHV): Any motorized vehicle capable of, or designed for, travel on or immediately over land, L water, or other natural terrain, excluding: (1) any non-amphibious registered motorboat: (2) any military, fire, emer- Land use allocation: The identification in a land use plan of the activities and foreseeable development that are -al gency, or law enforcement vehicle while being used for emergency purposes; (3) any vehicle whose use is expressly lowed, restricted, or excluded for all or part of the planning area, based on desired future conditions (BLM 2005). authorized by the authorized officer, or otherwise officially approved; (4) vehicles in official use; and (5) any combat Land use plan: A set of decisions that establish management direction for land within an administrative area, as pre- or combat support vehicle when used for national defense (BLM 2005). scribed under the planning provisions of FLPMA; an assimilation of land-use-plan level decisions developed through Off-highway vehicle area designations: BLM-administered lands in the St. George Field Office are designated as the planning process outlined in 43 CFR 1600, regardless of the scale at which the decisions were developed. The term Open, Limited, or Closed for OHV use. includes both RMPs and MFPs (BLM 2005). ▶▶Open. Designated areas where all types of motorized vehicles (jeeps, all-terrain vehicles, motorized dirt bikes, Land use plan decision: Establishes desired outcomes and actions needed to achieve them. Decisions are reached etc.) are permitted at all times, anywhere in the area, on roads or cross country, subject to the operating regula- using the planning process in 43 CFR 1600. When they are presented to the public as proposed decisions, they can be tions and vehicle standards set forth in 43 CFR subparts 8341 and 8342. protested to the BLM Director. They are not appealable to Interior Board of Land Appeals. ▶▶Limited. Designated areas where motorized vehicles are restricted to designated routes. Off-road, cross-country Limited area: Designated areas and trails where the use of off-road vehicles is subject to restrictions, such as limiting travel is prohibited in Limited areas, unless an area is specifically identified as an area where cross-country over- the number or types or vehicles allowed, dates and times of use (seasonal restrictions), limiting use to existing routes, snow travel is allowed. Some existing routes may be closed in Limited areas. or limiting use to designated routes. Under the limited to designated routes designation, use would be allowed only ▶▶Closed. Designated areas where off-road motorized vehicle travel is prohibited yearlong. Emergency use of on roads and trails that are signed for use. Combinations of restrictions are possible, such as limiting use to certain vehicles is allowed yearlong. types of vehicles during certain times of the year (from BLM National Management Strategy for OHV Use on Public Open: Designated areas and trails where off-road vehicles may be operated, subject to operating regulations and Lands). vehicle standards set forth in BLM Manuals 8341 and 8343, or an area where all types of vehicle use is permitted at all times, subject to the standards in BLM Manuals 8341 and 8343.

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P Planning area: A geographic area for which land use and resource management plans are developed and maintained. Trail: A linear route managed for human-powered, stock or OHV travel/transportation, or for historical or heritage Planning criteria: The standards, rules, and other factors developed by managers and interdisciplinary teams for their values; not generally managed for use by 4WD or high-clearance vehicles. use in forming judgments about decision making, analysis, and data collection during planning. Planning criteria Transportation system: The sum of the BLM’s recognized inventory of linear features (roads, primitive roads, and streamlines and simplifies the resource management planning actions. trails) formally recognized, designated, and approved as part of the BLM’s transportation system. Plant materials: Materials derived from plants or vegetation, including firewood (fuelwood), posts & poles, wildings Travel management areas: Polygons or delineated areas where areas have been classified as open, closed or limited, and boughs. and have identified and/or designated a network of roads, trails, ways, and other routes that provide for public access Public land: Land or interest in land owned by the United States and administered by the Secretary of the Interior and travel across the planning area. All designated travel routes within travel management areas should have a clearly through the BLM without regard to how the United States acquired ownership, except lands located on the Outer identified need and purpose as well as clearly defined activity types, modes of travel, and seasons or time-frames for Continental Shelf, and lands held for the benefit of Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos. allowable access or other limitations (BLM 2005). R V Restoration: The process by which areas are brought back to a former, original or specific desired condition or Valid existing rights: Any valid right that is immune from denial or extinguishment by the exercise of Secretarial appearance. discretion and was in existence within the boundaries of the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs NCAs when the NCAs were established on March 30, 2009. Right-of-way (ROW): An easement or permit that authorizes public land to be used for a specified purpose that is in the public interest and that requires right-of-ways over, upon, under, or through such lands (e.g. roads, power-lines, W pipelines). Wilderness: A congressionally designated area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and Right-of-way Avoidance area: An area identified through resource management planning to be avoided but may be influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, that is protected and managed to preserve its available for ROW location with special stipulations. natural conditions and that (1) generally appears to have been affected mainly by the forces of nature, with human imprints substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type Right-of-way Exclusion area: An area identified through resource management planning that is not available for of recreation; (3) has at least 5,000 acres or is large enough to make practical its preservation and use in an unim- ROW location under any conditions. paired condition; and (4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or Riparian area: A form of wetland transition between permanently saturated wetlands and upland areas. Riparian historic value. areas exhibit vegetation or physical characteristics that reflect the influence of permanent surface or subsurface water. Typical riparian areas include lands along, adjacent to, or contiguous with perennially and intermittently flowing rivers and streams, glacial potholes, and the shores of lakes and reservoirs with stable water levels. Excluded are ephem- eral streams or washes that lack vegetation and depend on free water in the soil. Riparian zone: An area one-quarter mile wide encompassing riparian and adjacent vegetation. Road: A linear route declared a road by the owner, managed for use by low-clearance vehicles having four or more wheels, and maintained for regular and continuous use. Routes: Multiple roads, trails and primitive roads; a group or set of roads, trails, and primitive roads that represents less than 100 percent of the BLM transportation system. Generically, components of the transportation system are described as “routes.” S Sensitive Species: Species designated as sensitive by the BLM State Director, including species that are under status review, have small or declining populations, live in unique habitats, or require special management. BLM Manual 6840 provides policy and guidance for managing special status species. Special status species: Species that are proposed for listing, officially listed as threatened or endangered, or are can- didates for listing as threatened or endangered under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA); those listed by a State in a category such as threatened or endangered implying potential endangerment or extinction; and those designated by each State Director as sensitive. State Historic Preservation Office: Office in State or territorial government that administers the preservation programs under the National Historic Preservation Act. T Threatened species: Any species that is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range, and as further defined by the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

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ABBREVIATIONS-ACRONYMS ACECs Areas of Critical Environmental Concern BA Biological Assessment BLM Bureau of Land Management BMPs Best Management Practices BO Biological Opinion CFR Code of Federal Regulations Draft EIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement EIS Environmental Impact Statement EPA Environmental Protection Agency ESA Endangered Species Act Final EIS Final Environmental Impact Statement FLPMA Federal Land Policy and Management Act NCA National Conservation Area NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NOA Notice of Availability NOI Notice of Intent OHV Off-Highway Vehicle OPLMA Omnibus Public Land Management Act Pub. L. Public Law ROW Right-of-way ROD Record of Decision Secretary Secretary of the Interior SHPO State Historic Preservation Officer SGFO St. George Field Office TMP Comprehensive Travel and Transportation Management Plan UDWR Utah Division of Wildlife Resources U.S.C. United States Code USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service USFS United States Forest Service

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Appendices APPENDIX A

Appendices APPENDIX A Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 This appendix contains the portions of the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11, Title I, Subtitle O - Washington County, Utah) that created the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas. Subtitle O—Washington County, Utah SEC. 1971. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: (1) BEAVER DAM WASH NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA MAP.—The term ‘‘Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area Map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area’’ and dated December 18, 2008. (2) CANAAN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS MAP.—The term ‘‘Canaan Mountain Wilderness Map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Canaan Mountain Wilderness’’ and dated June 21, 2008. (3) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Washington County, Utah. (4) NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY WILDERNESS MAP.— The term ‘‘Northeastern Washington County Wilderness Map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Northeastern Washington County Wilderness’’ and dated November 12, 2008. (5) NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY WILDERNESS MAP.—The term ‘‘Northwestern Washington County Wilderness Map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Northwestern Washington County Wilderness’’ and dated June 21, 2008. (6) RED CLIFFS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA MAP.—The term ‘‘Red Cliffs National Conservation Area Map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Red Cliffs National Conservation Area’’ and dated November 12, 2008. (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means— (A) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture; and (B) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior. (8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State of Utah. (9) WASHINGTON COUNTY GROWTH AND CONSERVATION ACT MAP.—The term ‘‘Washington County Growth and Conservation Act Map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Washington County Growth and Conservation Act Map’’ and dated November 13, 2008. SEC. 1972. WILDERNESS AREAS. (a) ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM.— (1) ADDITIONS.—Subject to valid existing rights, the following land in the State is designated as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (A) BEARTRAP CANYON.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 40 acres, as generally depicted on the Northeastern Washington County Wilderness Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Beartrap Canyon Wilderness.’’ (B) BLACKRIDGE.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 13,015 acres, as generally depicted on the Northeastern Washington County Wilderness Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Blackridge Wilderness.’’ (C) CANAAN MOUNTAIN.—Certain Federal land in the County managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 44,531 acres, as generally depicted on the Canaan Mountain Wilderness Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Canaan Mountain Wilderness.”

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(D) COTTONWOOD CANYON.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, (i) the Bureau of Land Management; and comprising approximately 11,712 acres, as generally depicted on the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area Map, (ii) the Forest Service. which shall be known as the ‘‘Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness.” (b) ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.— (E) COTTONWOOD FOREST.—Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service, comprising approxi- (1) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, each area designated as wilderness by subsection (a)(1) mately 2,643 acres, as generally depicted on the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area Map, which shall be shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except known as the ‘‘Cottonwood Forest Wilderness.” that— (F) COUGAR CANYON.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising (A) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference approximately 10,409 acres, as generally depicted on the Northwestern Washington County Wilderness Map, to the date of enactment of this Act; and which shall be known as the “Cougar Canyon Wilderness.” (B) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference (G) DEEP CREEK.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approx- to the Secretary that has jurisdiction over the land. imately 3,284 acres, as generally depicted on the Northeastern Washington County Wilderness Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Deep Creek Wilderness.’’ (2) LIVESTOCK.—The grazing of livestock in each area designated as wilderness by subsection (a)(1), where established before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to continue— (H) DEEP CREEK NORTH.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 4,262 acres, as generally depicted on the Northeastern Washington County Wilderness Map, (A) subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices that the Secretary considers necessary; and which shall be known as the ‘‘Deep Creek North Wilderness.’’ (B) in accordance with— (I) DOC’S PASS.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approxi- (i) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and mately 17,294 acres, as generally depicted on the Northwestern (ii) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Washington County Wilderness Map, which shall be known as the “Doc’s Pass Wilderness.” Affairs of the House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H.Rep. 101–405) and (J) GOOSE CREEK.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising ap- H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress (H. Rept. 96–617). proximately 98 acres, as generally depicted on the Northeastern Washington County Wilderness Map, which shall (3) WILDFIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT.—In accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the be known as the ‘‘Goose Creek Wilderness.’’ Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.1133(d)(1)), the Secretary may take such measures in each area designated as wilder- (K) LAVERKIN CREEK.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising ness by subsection (a)(1) as the Secretary determines to be necessary for the control of fire, insects, and diseases approximately 445 acres, as generally depicted on the Northeastern Washington County Wilderness Map, which (including, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, the coordination of those activities with a State or local shall be known as the ‘‘LaVerkin Creek Wilderness.’’ agency). (L) RED BUTTE.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approxi- (4) BUFFER ZONES.— mately 1,537 acres, as generally depicted on the Northeastern Washington County Wilderness Map, which shall (A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone around any area be known as the ‘‘Red Butte Wilderness.” designated as wilderness by subsection (a)(1). (M) RED MOUNTAIN.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising (B) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE WILDERNESS.—The fact that an activity or use on land outside any area desig- approximately 18,729 acres, as generally depicted on the Red nated as wilderness by subsection (a)(1) can be seen or heard within the wilderness shall not preclude the activity Cliffs National Conservation Area Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Red Mountain Wilderness.” or use outside the boundary of the wilderness. (N) SLAUGHTER CREEK.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising (5) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this section restricts or precludes— approximately 3,901 acres, as generally depicted on the (A) low-level overflights of military aircraft over any area designated as wilderness by subsection (a)(1), in- Northwestern Washington County Wilderness Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Slaughter Creek Wilderness.” cluding military overflights that can be seen or heard within any wilderness area; (O) TAYLOR CREEK.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising ap- (B) flight testing and evaluation; or proximately 32 acres, as generally depicted on the Northeastern Washington County Wilderness Map, which shall (C) the designation or creation of new units of special use airspace, or the establishment of military flight be known as the ‘‘Taylor Creek Wilderness.” training routes over any wilderness area. (2) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— (6) ACQUISITION AND INCORPORATION OF LAND AND INTERESTS IN LAND.— (A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit (A) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—In accordance with applicable laws (including regulations), the to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the Secretary may acquire any land or interest in land within the boundaries of the wilderness areas designated by House of Representatives a map and legal description of each wilderness area designated by paragraph (1). subsection (a)(1) by purchase from willing sellers, donation, or exchange. (B) FORCE AND EFFECT.—Each map and legal description submitted under subparagraph (A) shall have (B) INCORPORATION.—Any land or interest in land acquired by the Secretary under subparagraph (A) the same force and effect as if included in this subtitle, except that the Secretary may correct any clerical or typo- shall be incorporated into, and administered as a part of, the wilderness area in which the land or interest in land graphical errors in the map or legal description. is located. (C) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal description submitted under subparagraph (A) shall be available (7) NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS USES.— Nothing in this section diminishes— in the appropriate offices of—

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(A) the rights of any Indian tribe; or (c) RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.— (B) any tribal rights regarding access to Federal land for tribal activities, including spiritual, cultural, and (1) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the purposes of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management traditional food-gathering activities. Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), the public land in the County administered by the Bureau of Land Management has (8) CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION.—In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et been adequately studied for wilderness designation. seq.) and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may authorize the (2) RELEASE.—Any public land described in paragraph (1) that is not designated as wilderness by subsection (a) installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or climatological collection devices in the wilderness (1)— areas designated by subsection (a)(1) if the Secretary determines that the facilities and access to the facilities are (A) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. essential to flood warning, flood control, or water reservoir operation activities. 1782(c)); and (9) WATER RIGHTS.— (B) shall be managed in accordance with applicable law and the land management plans adopted under sec- (A) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section— tion 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712). (i) shall constitute or be construed to constitute either an express or implied reservation by the (d) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TO NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.—Administrative juris- United States of any water or water rights with respect to the land designated as wilderness by subsection (a) diction over the land identified as the Watchman Wilderness on the Northeastern Washington County Wilderness (1); Map is hereby transferred to the National Park Service, to be included in, and administered as part of Zion National (ii) shall affect any water rights in the State existing on the date of enactment of this Act, including Park. any water rights held by the United States; SEC. 1973. ZION NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS. (iii) shall be construed as establishing a precedent with regard to any future wilderness designations; (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (iv) shall affect the interpretation of, or any designation made pursuant to, any other Act; or (1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ means certain Federal land— (v) shall be construed as limiting, altering, modifying, or amending any of the interstate compacts or (A) that is— equitable apportionment decrees that apportion water among and between the State and other States. (i) located in the County and Iron County, Utah; and (B) STATE WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall follow the procedural and substantive requirements of the law of (ii) managed by the National Park Service; the State in order to obtain and hold any water rights not in existence on the date of enactment of this Act with (B) consisting of approximately 124,406 acres; and respect to the wilderness areas designated by subsection (a)(1). (C) as generally depicted on the Zion National Park Wilderness Map and the area added to the park under (10) FISH AND WILDLIFE.— section 1972(d). (A) JURISDICTION OF STATE.—Nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction of the State with respect to (2) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘Wilderness Area’’ means the Zion Wilderness designated by subsection fish and wildlife on public land located in the State. (b)(1). (B) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—In furtherance of the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act (3) ZION NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS MAP.—The term ‘‘Zion National Park Wilderness Map’’ means the (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary may carry out management activities to maintain or restore fish and wild- map entitled ‘‘Zion National Park Wilderness’’ and dated April 2008. life populations (including activities to maintain and restore fish and wildlife habitats to support the populations) in any wilderness area designated by subsection (a)(1) if the activities are— (b) ZION NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS.— (i) consistent with applicable wilderness management plans; and (1) DESIGNATION.—Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land is designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the ‘‘Zion Wilderness.” (ii) carried out in accordance with— (2) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND.—Any land located in the Zion National Park that is acquired (I) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); and by the Secretary through a voluntary sale, exchange, or donation may, on the recommendation of the Secretary, (II) applicable guidelines and policies, including applicable policies described in Appendix B become part of the Wilderness Area, in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). of House Report 101–405. (3) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— (11) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.—Subject to paragraph (12), the Secretary may autho- (A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit rize structures and facilities, including existing structures and facilities, for wildlife water development projects, to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the including guzzlers, in the wilderness areas designated by subsection (a)(1) if— House of Representatives a map and legal description of the Wilderness Area. (A) the structures and facilities will, as determined by the Secretary, enhance wilderness values by promoting (B) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal description submitted under subparagraph (A) shall have the healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife populations; and same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct any clerical or typographical (B) the visual impacts of the structures and facilities on the wilderness areas can reasonably be minimized. errors in the map or legal description. (12) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary (C) AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal description submitted under subparagraph (A) shall be available in shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the State that specifies the terms and conditions under which wild- the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. life management activities in the wilderness areas designated by subsection (a)(1) may be carried out.

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SEC. 1974. RED CLIFFS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA. (i) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); (a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— (ii) this section; and (1) to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations the ecologi- (iii) any other applicable law (including regulations). cal, scenic, wildlife, recreational, cultural, historical, natural, educational, and scientific resources of the National (2) USES.—The Secretary shall only allow uses of the National Conservation Area that the Secretary determines Conservation Area; and would further a purpose described in subsection (a). (2) to protect each species that is— (3) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—Except in cases in which motorized vehicles are needed for administrative pur- (A) located in the National Conservation Area; and poses, or to respond to an emergency, the use of motorized vehicles in the National Conservation Area shall be (B) listed as a threatened or endangered species on the list of threatened species or the list of endangered spe- permitted only on roads designated by the management plan for the use of motorized vehicles. cies published under section 4(c)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(1)). (4) GRAZING.—The grazing of livestock in the National Conservation Area, where established before the date of (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to continue— (1) HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN.—The term ‘‘habitat conservation plan’’ means the conservation plan (A) subject to— entitled ‘‘Washington County Habitat Conservation Plan’’ and dated February 23, 1996. (i) such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary considers necessary; and (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘management plan’’ means the management plan for the National (ii) applicable law; and Conservation Area developed by the Secretary under subsection (d)(1). (B) in a manner consistent with the purposes described in subsection (a). (3) NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA.—The term ‘‘National Conservation Area’’ means the Red Cliffs (5) WILDLAND FIRE OPERATIONS.—Nothing in this section prohibits the Secretary, in cooperation with National Conservation Area that— other Federal, State, and local agencies, as appropriate, from conducting wildland fire operations in the National (A) consists of approximately 44,725 acres of public land in the County, as generally depicted on the Red Conservation Area, consistent with the purposes of this section. Cliffs National Conservation Area Map; and (f) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTERESTS.—Any land or interest in land that is located in (B) is established by subsection (c). the National Conservation Area that is acquired by the United States shall— (4) PUBLIC USE PLAN.—The term ‘‘public use plan’’ means the use plan entitled ‘‘Red Cliffs Desert Reserve (1) become part of the National Conservation Area; and Public Use Plan’’ and dated June 12, 2000, as amended. (2) be managed in accordance with— (5) RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘resource management plan’’ means the management plan (A) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); entitled ‘‘St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan’’ and dated March 15, 1999, as amended. (B) this section; and (c) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, there is established in the State the Red Cliffs National (C) any other applicable law (including regulations). Conservation Area. (g) WITHDRAWAL.— (d) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal land located in the National Conservation Area (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act and in accordance with para- are withdrawn from— graph (2), the Secretary shall develop a comprehensive plan for the long-term management of the National Conservation Area. (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) CONSULTATION.—In developing the management plan required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall (B) location, entry, and patenting under the mining laws; and consult with— (C) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. (A) appropriate State, tribal, and local governmental entities; and (2) ADDITIONAL LAND.—If the Secretary acquires additional land that is located in the National Conservation (B) members of the public. Area after the date of enactment of this Act, the land is withdrawn from operation of the laws referred to in paragraph (1) on the date of acquisition of the land. (3) INCORPORATION OF PLANS.—In developing the management plan required under paragraph (1), to the extent consistent with this section, the Secretary may incorporate any provision of— (h) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section prohibits the authorization of the development of utilities within the National Conservation Area if the development is carried out in accordance with— (A) the habitat conservation plan; (1) each utility development protocol described in the habitat conservation plan; and (B) the resource management plan; and (2) any other applicable law (including regulations). (C) the public use plan. SEC. 1975. BEAVER DAM WASH NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA. (e) MANAGEMENT.— (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage the National Conservation Area— present and future generations the ecological, scenic, wildlife, recreational, cultural, historical, natural, educational, (A) in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the resources of the National Conservation Area; and and scientific resources of the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area. (B) in accordance with— (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

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(1) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘management plan’’ means the management plan for the National (5) WILDLAND FIRE OPERATIONS.—Nothing in this section prohibits the Secretary, in cooperation with Conservation Area developed by the Secretary under subsection (d)(1). other Federal, State, and local agencies, as appropriate, from conducting wildland fire operations in the National (2) NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA.—The term ‘‘National Conservation Area’’ means the Beaver Dam Conservation Area, consistent with the purposes of this section. Wash National Conservation Area that— (f) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTERESTS.—Any land or interest in land that is located in (A) consists of approximately 68,083 acres of public land in the County, as generally depicted on the Beaver Dam the National Conservation Area that is acquired by the United States shall— Wash National Conservation Area Map; and (1) become part of the National Conservation Area; and (B) is established by subsection (c). (2) be managed in accordance with— (c) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, there is established in the State the Beaver Dam Wash (A) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); National Conservation Area. (B) this section; and (d) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— (C) any other applicable law (including regulations). (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act and in accordance with para- (g) WITHDRAWAL.— graph (2), the Secretary shall develop a comprehensive plan for the long-term management of the National (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal land located in the National Conservation Area is Conservation Area. withdrawn from— (2) CONSULTATION.—In developing the management plan required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; consult with— (B) location, entry, and patenting under the mining laws; and (A) appropriate State, tribal, and local governmental entities; and (C) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. (B) members of the public. (2) ADDITIONAL LAND.—If the Secretary acquires additional land that is located in the National Conservation (3) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—In developing the management plan required under paragraph (1), the Secretary Area after the date of enactment of this Act, the land is withdrawn from operation of the laws referred to in para- shall incorporate the restrictions on motorized vehicles described in subsection (e)(3). graph (1) on the date of acquisition of the land. (e) MANAGEMENT.— SEC. 1976. ZION NATIONAL PARK WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATION. (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage the National Conservation Area— (a) DESIGNATION.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as amended by section (A) in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the resources of the National Conservation Area; and 1852) is amended by adding at the end the following: (B) in accordance with— ‘‘(204) ZION NATIONAL PARK, UTAH.—The approximately 165.5 miles of segments of the Virgin River and tribu- (i) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); taries of the Virgin River across Federal land within and adjacent to Zion National Park, as generally depicted on the (ii) this section; and map entitled ‘Wild and Scenic River Segments Zion National Park and Bureau of Land Management’ and dated April 2008, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in the following classifications: (iii) any other applicable law (including regulations). ‘‘(A) TAYLOR CREEK.—The 4.5-mile segment from the junction of the north, middle, and south forks of (2) USES.—The Secretary shall only allow uses of the National Conservation Area that the Secretary determines Taylor Creek, west to the park boundary and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a scenic river. would further the purpose described in subsection (a). ‘‘(B) NORTH FORK OF TAYLOR CREEK.—The segment from the head of North Fork to the junction with (3) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.— Taylor Creek and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. (A) IN GENERAL.—Except in cases in which motorized vehicles are needed for administrative purposes, or ‘‘(C) MIDDLE FORK OF TAYLOR CREEK.—The segment from the head of Middle Fork on Bureau of Land to respond to an emergency, the use of motorized vehicles in the National Conservation Area shall be permitted Management land to the junction with Taylor Creek and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. only on roads designated by the management plan for the use of motorized vehicles. ‘‘(D) SOUTH FORK OF TAYLOR CREEK.—The segment from the head of South Fork to the junction with (B) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT RELATING TO CERTAIN AREAS LOCATED IN THE NATIONAL Taylor Creek and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. CONSERVATION AREA.— In addition to the requirement described in subparagraph (A), with respect to the areas designated on the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area Map as ‘‘Designated Road Areas’’, motor- ‘‘(E) TIMBER CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES.—The 3.1-mile segment from the head of Timber Creek and ized vehicles shall be permitted only on the roads identified on such map. tributaries of Timber Creek to the junction with LaVerkin Creek and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. (4) GRAZING.—The grazing of livestock in the National Conservation Area, where established before the date of ‘‘(F) LAVERKIN CREEK.—The 16.1-mile segment beginning in T. 38 S., R. 11 W., sec. 21, on Bureau of Land enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to continue— Management land, southwest through Zion National Park, and ending at the south end of T. 40 S., R. 12 W., sec. 7, and adjacent land 1⁄2-mile wide, as a wild river. (A) subject to— ‘‘(G) WILLIS CREEK.—The 1.9-mile segment beginning on Bureau of Land Management land in the SWSW (i) such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary considers necessary; and sec. 27, T. 38 S., R. 11 W., to the junction with LaVerkin Creek in Zion National Park and adjacent land rim-to- (ii) applicable law (including regulations); and rim, as a wild river. (B) in a manner consistent with the purpose described in subsection (a).

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‘‘(H) BEARTRAP CANYON.—The 2.3-mile segment beginning on Bureau of Management land in the ‘‘(AA) ORDERVILLE CANYON.—The segment from the eastern boundary of Zion National Park to the SWNW sec. 3, T. 39 S., R. 11 W., to the junction with LaVerkin Creek and the segment from the headwaters north junction with the North Fork of the Virgin River and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. of Long Point to the junction with LaVerkin Creek and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. ‘‘(BB) MYSTERY CANYON.—The segment from the head of Mystery Canyon to the junction with the North ‘‘(I) HOP VALLEY CREEK.—The 3.3-mile segment beginning at the southern boundary of T. 39 S., R. 11 W., Fork of the Virgin River and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. sec. 20, to the junction with LaVerkin Creek and adjacent land 1⁄2-mile wide, as a wild river. ‘‘(CC) ECHO CANYON.—The segment from the eastern boundary of Zion National Park to the junction ‘‘(J) CURRENT CREEK.—The 1.4-mile segment from the head of Current Creek to the junction with with the North Fork of the Virgin River and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. LaVerkin Creek and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. ‘‘(DD) BEHUNIN CANYON.—The segment from the head of Behunin Canyon to the junction with the ‘‘(K) CANE CREEK.—The 0.6-mile segment from the head of Smith Creek to the junction with LaVerkin North Fork of the Virgin River and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. Creek and adjacent land 1⁄2-mile wide, as a wild river. ‘‘(EE) HEAPS CANYON.—The segment from the head of Heaps Canyon to the junction with the North Fork ‘‘(L) SMITH CREEK.—The 1.3-mile segment from the head of Smith Creek to the junction with LaVerkin of the Virgin River and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. Creek and adjacent land 1⁄2-mile wide, as a wild river. ‘‘(FF) BIRCH CREEK.—The segment from the head of Birch Creek to the junction with the North Fork of ‘‘(M) NORTH CREEK LEFT AND RIGHT FORKS.—The segment of the Left Fork from the junction with the Virgin River and adjacent land 1⁄2-mile wide, as a wild river. Wildcat Canyon to the junction with Right Fork, from the head of Right Fork to the junction with Left Fork, and ‘‘(GG) OAK CREEK.—The segment of Oak Creek from the head of Oak Creek to where the forks join and from the junction of the Left and Right Forks southwest to Zion National Park boundary and adjacent land rim- adjacent land 1⁄2-mile wide, as a wild river. to-rim, as a wild river. ‘‘(HH) OAK CREEK.—The 1-mile segment of Oak Creek from the point at which the 2 forks of Oak Creek ‘‘(N) WILDCAT CANYON (BLUE CREEK).—The segment of Blue Creek from the Zion National Park join to the junction with the North Fork of the Virgin River and adjacent land 1⁄2-mile wide, as a recreational boundary to the junction with the Right Fork of North Creek and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. river. ‘‘(O) LITTLE CREEK.—The segment beginning at the head of Little Creek to the junction with the Left Fork ‘‘(II) CLEAR CREEK.—The 6.4-mile segment of Clear Creek from the eastern boundary of Zion National of North Creek and adjacent land 1⁄2-mile wide, as a wildriver. Park to the junction with Pine Creek and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a recreational river. ‘‘(P) RUSSELL GULCH.—The segment from the head of Russell Gulch to the junction with the Left Fork of ‘‘(JJ) PINE CREEK .—The 2-mile segment of Pine Creek from the head of Pine Creek to the junction with North Creek and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. Clear Creek and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. ‘‘(Q) GRAPEVINE WASH.—The 2.6-mile segment from the Lower Kolob Plateau to the junction with the ‘‘(KK) PINE CREEK.—The 3-mile segment of Pine Creek from the junction with Clear Creek to the junction Left Fork of North Creek and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a scenic river. with the North Fork of the Virgin River and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a recreational river. ‘‘(R) PINE SPRING WASH.—The 4.6-mile segment to the junction with the left fork of North Creek and ‘‘(LL) EAST FORK OF THE VIRGIN RIVER.—The 8-mile segment of the East Fork of the Virgin River adjacent land 1⁄2-mile, as a scenic river. from the eastern boundary of Zion National Park through Parunuweap Canyon to the western boundary of Zion ‘‘(S) WOLF SPRINGS WASH.—The 1.4-mile segment from the head of Wolf Springs Wash to the junction National Park and adjacent land 1⁄2-mile wide, as a wild river. with Pine Spring Wash and adjacent land 1⁄2-mile wide, as a scenic river. ‘‘(MM) SHUNES CREEK.—The 3-mile segment of Shunes Creek from the dry waterfall on land adminis- ‘‘(T) KOLOB CREEK.—The 5.9-mile segment of Kolob Creek beginning in T. 39 S., R. 10 W., sec. 30, through tered by the Bureau of Land Management through Zion National Park to the western boundary of Zion National Bureau of Land Management land and Zion National Park land to the junction with the North Fork of the Virgin Park and adjacent land 1⁄2-mile wide as a wild river.’’. River and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. (b) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED NON-FEDERAL LAND.—If the United States acquires any non-Federal ‘‘(U) OAK CREEK.—The 1-mile stretch of Oak Creek beginning in T. 39 S., R. 10 W., sec. 19, to the junction land within or adjacent to Zion National Park that includes a river segment that is contiguous to a river segment of with Kolob Creek and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. the Virgin River designated as a wild, scenic, or recreational river by paragraph (204) of section 3(a) of the Wild and ‘‘(V) GOOSE CREEK.—The 4.6-mile segment of Goose Creek from the head of Goose Creek to the junction Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as added by subsection (a)), the acquired river segment shall be incorporated with the North Fork of the Virgin River and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. in, and be administered as part of, the applicable wild, scenic, or recreational river. ‘‘(W) DEEP CREEK.—The 5.3-mile segment of Deep Creek beginning on Bureau of Land Management land (c) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) does not affect the agreement among the United at the northern boundary of T. 39 S., R. 10 W., sec. 23, south to the junction of the North Fork of the Virgin River States, the State, the Washington County Water Conservancy District, and the Kane County Water Conservancy and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. District entitled ‘‘Zion National Park Water Rights Settlement Agreement’’ and dated December 4, 1996. ‘‘(X) NORTH FORK OF THE VIRGIN RIVER.—The 10.8-mile segment of the North Fork of the Virgin SEC. 1977. WASHINGTON COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION River beginning on Bureau of Land Management land at the eastern border of T. 39 S., R. 10 W., sec. 35, to MANAGEMENT PLAN. Temple of Sinawava and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ‘‘(Y) NORTH FORK OF THE VIRGIN RIVER.—The 8-mile segment of the North Fork of the Virgin River (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Interior. from Temple of Sinawava south to the Zion National Park boundary and adjacent land 1⁄2-mile wide, as a recre- (2) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— ational river. (A) with respect to land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Secretary; and ‘‘(Z) IMLAY CANYON.—The segment from the head of Imlay Creek to the junction with the North Fork of (B) with respect to land managed by the Forest Service, the Secretary of Agriculture. the Virgin River and adjacent land rim-to-rim, as a wild river.

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(3) TRAIL.—The term ‘‘trail’’ means the High Desert Off- Highway Vehicle Trail designated under subsection (D) MAP.—A map that depicts the trail shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate (c)(1)(A). offices of— (4) TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘travel management plan’’ means the comprehensive travel and (i) the Bureau of Land Management; and transportation management plan developed under subsection (b)(1). (ii) the Forest Service. (b) COMPREHENSIVE TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLAN.— (2) MANAGEMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance with the Federal (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned shall manage the trail— Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and other applicable laws (including regula- (i) in accordance with applicable laws (including regulations); tions), the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies and State, tribal, and local governmental entities, and after an opportunity for public comment, shall develop a comprehensive travel management plan for (ii) to ensure the safety of citizens who use the trail; and the land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the County— (iii) in a manner by which to minimize any damage to sensitive habitat or cultural resources. (A) to provide to the public a clearly marked network of roads and trails with signs and maps to promote— (B) MONITORING; EVALUATION.—To minimize the impacts of the use of the trail on environmental and (i) public safety and awareness; and cultural resources, the Secretary concerned shall— (ii) enhanced recreation and general access opportunities; (i) annually assess the effects of the use of off-highway vehicles on— (B) to help reduce in the County growing conflicts arising from interactions between— (I) the trail; and (i) motorized recreation; and (II) land located in proximity to the trail; and (ii) the important resource values of public land; (ii) in consultation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, annually assess the effects of the use of the trail on wildlife and wildlife habitat. (C) to promote citizen-based opportunities for— (C) CLOSURE.—The Secretary concerned, in consultation with the State and the County, and subject to (i) the monitoring and stewardship of the trail; and subparagraph (D), may temporarily close or permanently reroute a portion of the trail if the Secretary concerned (ii) trail system management; and determines that— (D) to support law enforcement officials in promoting— (i) the trail is having an adverse impact on— (i) compliance with off-highway vehicle laws (including regulations); and (I) wildlife habitats; (ii) effective deterrents of abuses of public land. (II) natural resources; (2) SCOPE; CONTENTS.—In developing the travel management plan, the Secretary shall— (III) cultural resources; or (A) in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, State, tribal, and local governmental entities (including (IV) traditional uses; the County and St. George City, Utah), and the public, identify 1 or more alternatives for a northern transporta- (ii) the trail threatens public safety; or tion route in the County; (iii) closure of the trail is necessary— (B) ensure that the travel management plan contains a map that depicts the trail; and (I) to repair damage to the trail; or (C) designate a system of areas, roads, and trails for mechanical and motorized use. (II) to repair resource damage. (c) DESIGNATION OF TRAIL.— (D) REROUTING.—Any portion of the trail that is temporarily closed by the Secretary concerned under (1) DESIGNATION.— subparagraph (C) may be permanently rerouted along any road or trail— (A) IN GENERAL.—As a component of the travel management plan, and in accordance with subparagraph (i) that is— (B), the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, and after an opportunity for public comment, shall designate a trail (which may include a system of trails)— (I) in existence as of the date of the closure of the portion of the trail; (i) for use by off-highway vehicles; and (II) located on public land; and (ii) to be known as the ‘‘High Desert Off-Highway Vehicle Trail’’. (III) open to motorized use; and (B) REQUIREMENTS.—In designating the trail, the Secretary shall only include trails that are— (ii) if the Secretary concerned determines that rerouting the portion of the trail would not signifi cantly increase or decrease the length of the trail. (i) as of the date of enactment of this Act, authorized for use by off-highway vehicles; and (E) NOTICE OF AVAILABLE ROUTES.—The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, (ii) located on land that is managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the County. shall ensure that visitors to the trail have access to adequate notice relating to the availability of trail routes (C) NATIONAL FOREST LAND.—The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretary and in through— accordance with applicable law, may designate a portion of the trail on National Forest System land within the (i) the placement of appropriate signage along the trail; and County.

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(ii) the distribution of maps, safety education materials, and other information that the Secretary (4) WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL.—The approximately 80-acre parcel as generally depicted on the Washington concerned determines to be appropriate. County Growth and Conservation Act Map as ‘‘Parcel E’’, to Washington County, Utah, for expansion of the (3) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section affects the ownership, management, or other rights relating to any non- Purgatory Correctional Facility. Federal land (including any interest in any non-Federal land). (5) HURRICANE EQUESTRIAN PARK.—The approximately 40-acre parcel as generally depicted on the SEC. 1978. LAND DISPOSAL AND ACQUISITION. Washington County Growth and Conservation Act Map as ‘‘Parcel F’’, to the City of Hurricane, Utah, for use as a public equestrian park. (a) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with applicable law, the Secretary of the Interior may sell public land located within Washington County, Utah, that, as of July 25, 2000, has been identified for disposal in appropriate resource manage- (b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the ment plans. Secretary shall finalize legal descriptions of the parcels to be conveyed under this section. The Secretary may correct any minor errors in the map referenced in subsection (a) or in the applicable legal descriptions. The map and (b) USE OF PROCEEDS.— legal descriptions shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law (other than a law that specifically provides for Management. a portion of the proceeds of a land sale to be distributed to any trust fund of the State), proceeds from the sale (c) REVERSION.— of public land under subsection (a) shall be deposited in a separate account in the Treasury to be known as the ‘‘Washington County, Utah Land Acquisition Account’’. (1) IN GENERAL.—If any parcel conveyed under this section ceases to be used for the public purpose for which the parcel was conveyed, as described in subsection (a), the land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary based on (2) AVAILABILITY.— his determination of the best interests of the United States, revert to the United States. (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the account shall be available to the Secretary, without further appro- (2) RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.—If the Secretary determines pursuant to para- priation, to purchase from willing sellers lands or interests in land within the wilderness areas and National graph (1) that the land should revert to the United States, and if the Secretary determines that the land is contam- Conservation Areas established by this subtitle. inated with hazardous waste, the local governmental entity to which the land was conveyed shall be responsible (B) APPLICABILITY.—Any purchase of land or interest in land under subparagraph (A) shall be in accor- for remediation of the contamination. dance with applicable law. SEC. 1981. CONVEYANCE OF DIXIE NATIONAL FOREST LAND. SEC. 1979. MANAGEMENT OF PRIORITY BIOLOGICAL AREAS. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with applicable Federal laws (including regulations), the Secretary of the Interior (1) COVERED FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘covered Federal land’’ means the approximately 66.07 acres of land shall— in the Dixie National Forest in the State, as depicted on the map. (1) identify areas located in the County where biological conservation is a priority; and (2) LANDOWNER.—The term ‘‘landowner’’ means Kirk R. Harrison, who owns land in Pinto Valley, Utah. (2) undertake activities to conserve and restore plant and animal species and natural communities within such (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Conveyance of Dixie National Forest Land’’ and dated areas. December 18, 2008. (b) GRANTS; COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior may (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Agriculture. make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, State, tribal, and local governmental entities and private entities to conduct research, develop scientific analyses, and carry out any other initiative relating to the restoration or (b) CONVEYANCE.— conservation of the areas. (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may convey to the landowner all right, title, and interest of the United States SEC. 1980. PUBLIC PURPOSE CONVEYANCES. in and to any of the covered Federal land (including any improvements or appurtenances to the covered Federal land) by sale or exchange. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the land use planning requirements of sections 202 and 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713), upon the request of the appropriate local governmental (2) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The exact acreage and legal description of the covered Federal land to be conveyed entity, as described below, the Secretary shall convey the following parcels of public land without consideration, sub- under paragraph (1) shall be determined by surveys satisfactory to the Secretary. ject to the provisions of this section: (3) CONSIDERATION.— (1) TEMPLE QUARRY.—The approximately 122-acre parcel known as ‘‘Temple Quarry’’ as generally depicted (A) IN GENERAL.—As consideration for any conveyance by sale under paragraph (1), the landowner shall on the Washington County Growth and Conservation Act Map as ‘‘Parcel B’’, to the City of St. George, Utah, for pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value of any Federal land conveyed, as determined under open space and public recreation purposes. subparagraph (B). (2) HURRICANE CITY SPORTS PARK.—The approximately 41-acre parcel as generally depicted on the (B) APPRAISAL.—The fair market value of any Federal land that is conveyed under paragraph (1) shall be Washington County Growth and Conservation Act Map as ‘‘Parcel C’’, to the City of Hurricane, Utah, for public determined by an appraisal acceptable to the Secretary that is performed in accordance with— recreation purposes and public administrative offices. (i) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions; (3) WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.—The approximately 70-acre parcel as generally depicted (ii) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice; and (iii) any other applicable law (in on the Washington County Growth and Conservation Act Map as ‘‘Parcel D’’, to the Washington County Public cluding regulations). School District for use for public school and related educational and administrative purposes. (4) DISPOSITION AND USE OF PROCEEDS.—

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(A) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—The Secretary shall deposit the proceeds of any sale of land under (4) LAND TO BE MADE A PART OF THE RESERVATION.—Land taken into trust pursuant to this section paragraph (1) in the fund established under Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’) (16 U.S.C. shall be considered to be part of the reservation of the Tribe. 484a). SEC. 1983. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (B) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Amounts deposited under subparagraph (A) shall be available to the Secretary, There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subtitle. without further appropriation and until expended, for the acquisition of real property or interests in real property for inclusion in the Dixie National Forest in the State. (5) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may require any additional terms and conditions for any conveyance under paragraph (1) that the Secretary determines to be appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. SEC. 1982. TRANSFER OF LAND INTO TRUST FOR SHIVWITS BAND OF PAIUTE INDIANS. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) PARCEL A.—The term ‘‘Parcel A’’ means the parcel that consists of approximately 640 acres of land that is— (A) managed by the Bureau of Land Management; (B) located in Washington County, Utah; and (C) depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Washington County Growth and Conservation Act Map’’. (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Interior. (3) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Shivwits Band of Paiute Indians of the State of Utah. (b) PARCEL TO BE HELD IN TRUST.— (1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of the Tribe, the Secretary shall take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to Parcel A. (2) SURVEY; LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— (A) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall complete a survey of Parcel A to establish the boundary of Parcel A. (B) LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PARCEL A.— (i) IN GENERAL.—Upon the completion of the survey under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a legal description of— (I) the boundary line of Parcel A; and (II) Parcel A. (ii) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Before the date of publication of the legal descriptions un der clause (i), the Secretary may make minor corrections to correct technical and clerical errors in the legal descriptions. (iii) EFFECT.—Effective beginning on the date of publication of the legal descriptions under clause (i), the legal descriptions shall be considered to be the official legal descriptions of Parcel A. (3) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— (A) affects any valid right in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; (B) enlarges, impairs, or otherwise affects any right or claim of the Tribe to any land or interest in land other than to Parcel A that is— (i) based on an aboriginal or Indian title; and (ii) in existence as of the date of enactment of this Act; or (C) constitutes an express or implied reservation of water or a water right with respect to Parcel A.

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